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DEADSTREAM Review – Content is King and It Can Be Deadly
Deadstream is a hilarious look at the lengths content creators will go to for fame and one of the best horror films of the past year.
Death
Jan 8, 2023


SCARE PACKAGE II: RAD CHAD'S REVENGE Review – A Satirical Critique and Love Letter to Horror
Death says Scare Package II is an effective satirical critique of the horror genre that audiences are unlikely to have seen in a very...
Death
Dec 22, 2022


SLAXX Review – Denim Justice Runs Wild
Julia Straub says Slaxx is a delightfully amusing story of humanitarianism and revenge. Co-writer and director Elza Kephart, with...
Julia Straub
Nov 10, 2022

![[BHFF] V/H/S/99 Review – It's the End of the 90s Zeitgeist as We Know It](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_2e9167f0146949d2b0e03d1fd766eb14~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_2e9167f0146949d2b0e03d1fd766eb14~mv2.webp)
[BHFF] V/H/S/99 Review – It's the End of the 90s Zeitgeist as We Know It
Death says V/H/S/99 loses the 90s zeitgeist in translation in some places, but the shorts make up a fun collection of scary stories in...
Death
Oct 21, 2022

![[BHFF] INFLUENCER Review – Kurtis David Harder's Venomous Thriller Knocks Influencers Down a Peg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_163e5d8971fe40dcb90eacc0687172b0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_163e5d8971fe40dcb90eacc0687172b0~mv2.webp)
[BHFF] INFLUENCER Review – Kurtis David Harder's Venomous Thriller Knocks Influencers Down a Peg
We can expect the unexpected from writer, producer, editor, and director Kurtis David Harder in his latest thriller, Influencer....
E. L. King
Oct 17, 2022


SUPERHOST Review – A Host Will Do Anything For A Killer Review
Savannah Chess says Superhost boasts a wicked female antagonist facing off against a travel blogging duo in a bizarre popularity contest....
Savannah Chess
Aug 8, 2022


WHAT JOSIAH SAW Review – Familial Trauma, Long-Kept Secrets, and a Hint of Farmhouse Horror
Breanna Lucci says What Josiah Saw depicts a haunting world where the only thing scarier than the dead is the living. [THIS REVIEW...
Breanna Lucci
Aug 4, 2022


MOLOCH Review – Nico van den Brink Intimately Weaves Together Fear and Dutch Folklore
Sarah Kirk calls Moloch psychologically disturbing and an exposition of Dutch culture, filled with death and tragedy. In Moloch, family...
Sarah Kirk
Aug 1, 2022


GOOD MADAM Review – Reclaiming and a Character Driven Exploration of Post-Apartheid South Africa
Savannah Chess says Good Madam is a socially conscious horror film illustrating colonialism's problematic past and present. Jenna Cato...
Savannah Chess
Jul 25, 2022

![[Interview] A Conversation with GOOD MADAM Director Jenna Cato Bass and Co-Writer Babalwa Baartman](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_a7d15e5972bd43a2b821197c1b0d9b74~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_a7d15e5972bd43a2b821197c1b0d9b74~mv2.webp)
[Interview] A Conversation with GOOD MADAM Director Jenna Cato Bass and Co-Writer Babalwa Baartman
Megan Borns discusses South African thriller and Shudder Original Good Madam with its co-writers for an exclusive interview about the...
Megan Borns
Jul 15, 2022


Shudder Original WHO INVITED THEM Acquired Following its Premiere at Overlook Film Festival
Duncan Birmingham's horror-comedy Who Invited Them arrives on Shudder in September. June 15, 2022 // New York, NY – Shudder, AMC...
Slay Away
Jun 24, 2022


REVEALER Review – Grab Your Bible and Your G-String, the Apocalypse Unites Unlikely Bedfellows
Revealer boasts stellar performances, a phallic apocalypse, and an incredible synthwave score. It's quintessential queer horror.
E. L. King
Jun 23, 2022


Shudder Releases Trailer for Haunting South African Psychological Horror GOOD MADAM
The Shudder Original will debut on the streaming platform in July. Official Selection: World Premiere—Toronto International Film...
Slay Away
Jun 17, 2022

![[Tribeca Festival] A WOUNDED FAWN Review - Mythological Surrealism Unsatisfyingly Meets “Me Too”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0048f1_f8556bb0b3a540628692fbfb7dd4d4ef~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_453,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/0048f1_f8556bb0b3a540628692fbfb7dd4d4ef~mv2.webp)
[Tribeca Festival] A WOUNDED FAWN Review - Mythological Surrealism Unsatisfyingly Meets “Me Too”
Justin Lockwood says A Wounded Fawn is a disappointing commentary on abuse and toxic masculinity. The Shudder Original production, A...
Justin Lockwood
Jun 17, 2022


MAD GOD Review - Exploring a Nightmarish Hellscape From the Mind of Stop-Motion Master Phil Tippett
Mad God is a visual feast and a waking nightmare demonstrating Tippett’s reverence for handcrafted animation.
Mitchell Brown
Jun 6, 2022


VIRUS :32 Review - Gustavo Hernández Proves the Zombie Genre Still has Compelling Stories to Tell
Gustavo Hernández's Virus :32 is a portrait of how we can derive strength from our past traumas to survive the unimaginable.
E. L. King
Apr 21, 2022


THE SEED Review – Aliens, Gore and Erotic Horror
Sydney Bollinger call The Seed a modern alien invasion with hot girls and nostalgic tropes. [THIS REVIEW CONTAINS REFERENCES TO SEXUAL...
Sydney Bollinger
Mar 25, 2022
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